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Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Abstract

BACKGROUND:

Since Pakistanis have high prevalence of hypovitaminosis-D as well as acute myocardial infarction (AMI), the objective of the study was to investigate the relationship between vitamin-D deficiency and risk of AMI in a hospital-based population and to identify major risk factors for this disease.

CONCLUSIONS:

Increased vitamin-D levels were associated with decreased risk of AMI, while serum glucose, bone-ALP, hypertension and smoking were positively associated with it. Association of bone-ALP with AMI in hypovitaminosis-D is a novel finding of this study.